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Curd Rice | Thayir Sadham

Curd Rice/ Thayir Sadham is an authentic South Indian variety rice made with cooked rice and fresh curd/ yogurt. To add more flavor, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves and coriander leaves are added to it and tempered with mustard, urad dal and asafoetida. It served with spicy pickle and kuzhambu varieties. It is a healthy dish and curd acts as body coolant. It is made commonly in South Indian homes and popular menu in Indian restaurants. It is a quick and easy lunch box recipe. Come, let’s see how to make this perfect and tasty recipe at home with easy method and step by step pictures.

Author: PRIYA SRINIVAS

Cuisine: South Indian

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Rice- 1/2 cup

Water- 1.75 cups

Curd/ Yogurt- 3/4 cup

Boiled milk- 1/2 cup

Butter (optional)- 1 tsp

Green chilli- 2

Ginger- a small piece

Curry leaves ( (finely chopped)- 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves (finely chopped)- 1 tbsp

Carrot (finely chopped/ grated)- 1.5 tbsp

Green mango (finely chopped/ grated)- 1.5 tbsp

Salt- as required

To temper

Oil- 1 tbsp

Mustard- 1 tsp

Urad dal- 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida- 2 pinches

Curry leaves- 1 sprig

Broken Cashew nuts- 1 tbsp

Method:

1. Preparation: Wash the rice and pressure cook for 5 whistles. Add the hot rice to a large mixing bowl and mash well.

In the meantime, finely chop green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves and set aside. You can grate/ finely chop the carrot and green mango.

5. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and allow to crackle. Add urad dal, cashew nuts, asafoetida and curry leaves. When the dal and cashew nuts turn golden, switch off and add to the curd rice and mix well. Serve hot with pickle or kuzhambu varieties.